{"id":16869,"date":"2025-05-02T03:13:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T03:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/16869\/"},"modified":"2025-05-02T03:13:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T03:13:07","slug":"49ers-draft-picks-rank-near-bottom-of-nfl-in-total-ras-score","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/16869\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers draft picks rank near bottom of NFL in total RAS score"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Relative Athletic Score has become a go-to tool for NFL draft analysts looking to quantify a prospect&#8217;s athleticism and see how it may translate to the pros.<\/p>\n<p>For <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/san-francisco-49ers\/359\" data-autotag=\"3d4aeb7f-6493-4c2a-8803-2439e4b64ee4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">San Francisco 49ers<\/a> fans in search of their 2025 draft class&#8217;s RAS, avert your eyes.<\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.profootballnetwork.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">a list compiled by Pro Football and Sports Network<\/a>, the 49ers ranked a measly 23rd in average RAS. The good news is one player, running back Jordan James, drags the average down significantly. A pair of other draft picks didn&#8217;t compile enough pre-draft athletic testing to qualify for an RAS score.<\/p>\n<p>Via PFSN:<\/p>\n<p>The San Francisco 49ers&#8217; 2025 NFL Draft class would&#8217;ve fared better from an athletic standpoint if it were not for Oregon running back Jordan James. His 4.65 score is well below average for the position. At 5&#8217;9 1\/3&#8243; and 205 pounds, his size is a strong contributor to that low score. He also lacked explosion in the jumping tests.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/ncaaf\/teams\/kansas-state-wildcats\/3427\/\" data-autotag=\"61eca6c9-fba4-439c-9885-fdcf3a04aafc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kansas State<\/a> safety Marques Sigle had the highest score among 49ers draftees. His 9.64 ranks 44th all-time for free safeties. Sigle showed off his elite speed and explosion with a 4.37 40-yard dash and 10&#8217;10&#8221; broad jump. Iowa guard Connor Colby (9.48) also stood out. He ran a strong 5.11 40 and posted a 9&#8217;2&#8243; broad jump. He also has pretty good size for an interior offensive lineman.<\/p>\n<p>Among the players who didn&#8217;t qualify for a score were Georgia edge rusher Mykel Williams and Texas defensive tackle Alfred Collins. Collins has elite size at 6&#8217;5 1\/2&#8243; and 332 pounds but put up terrible jumping numbers. Williams has a solid frame and good speed but had limited testing numbers.<\/p>\n<p>While injecting more athleticism may be helpful in the near future, it&#8217;s not a huge deal this year&#8217;s class had a low RAS. Athleticism isn&#8217;t the hallmark of James&#8217;s game, which was apparent on film. Their two defensive linemen who didn&#8217;t qualify are also quality athletes on tape, even if they&#8217;re not elite in that department.<\/p>\n<p>Overall the 49ers just need a handful of quality starters from this year&#8217;s 11 draft picks. Their RAS is acceptable with that expectation. Don&#8217;t be surprised if over the next couple of years the 49ers starting bringing in more high-ceiling players with greater athletic traits. The focus this season going toward players they think will contribute right away instead of toward high-end athletes makes sense. As long as their picks, particularly Williams and Collins, produce, their class&#8217;s RAS ranking will be a forgotten bit of history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Relative Athletic Score has become a go-to tool for NFL draft analysts looking to quantify a prospect&#8217;s athleticism&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16870,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[204,80,220,247,265,19,7,219,805,1607,248,267,246,88,6,245,264,218,252,818,817,829,9,266,376,819,776,1598],"class_list":{"0":"post-16869","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-204","9":"tag-2025-nfl-draft","10":"tag-49ers","11":"tag-american","12":"tag-american-football","13":"tag-draft","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-francisco","16":"tag-kansas","17":"tag-kansas-state-wildcats-football","18":"tag-national","19":"tag-national-sports","20":"tag-neutral","21":"tag-news","22":"tag-nfl","23":"tag-overall","24":"tag-overall-neutral","25":"tag-san","26":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","27":"tag-scores","28":"tag-sport","29":"tag-sport-scores-u0026-statistics","30":"tag-sports","31":"tag-sports-news","32":"tag-state","33":"tag-statistics","34":"tag-u0026","35":"tag-wildcats"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114436060283034511","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}